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Negro tenants, men and women, and white owner's children working in the field together topping and suckering tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Negro tenants, men and women, and white owner's children working in th...

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Women on way to town. Woodstock, Vermont

Women on way to town. Woodstock, Vermont

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Women looking at art exhibit at Gonzales County Fair. Gonzales, Texas

Women looking at art exhibit at Gonzales County Fair. Gonzales, Texas

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Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

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FIRST LADY MAKES FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FUND. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. MRS. ROOSEVELT TODAY MADE THE FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO A FUND NOW BEING COLLECTED TO SEND TRACK, SWIMMING, AND FIELD TEAMS TO FINLAND FOR THE OLYMPICS. L TO R: MRS. ROOSEVELT; DEE BOECKMANN, NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD COMMITTEE; HJALMAR PROCOPE, FINLAND MINISTER; AND LUCILLE BRACKETT, D.C. SWIMMER

FIRST LADY MAKES FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FUND. WASHINGTO...

A black and white photo of a woman holding a bottle of wine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircr...

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Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., checking to see if the proper numbers of parts were received and placed in the proper bin, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., chec...

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Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "Vengeance" (A-31) dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes i...

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Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus...

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War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. See general caption number 58

Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon...

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Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembl...

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Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted her basement into a workshop to tin plate needles for valves for blood transfusion bottles prepared by Baxter Laboratories where she lives, Glenview, Ill. She turns in her profits to war bonds to provide a college education for her young nephew

Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted he...

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Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif.

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail i...

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At Republican women's dinner. Washington, D.C., March 27. The League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia held a "Five dollar a plate" dinner tonight attended by prominent republicans of both sex. Here are John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mrs. Edward Everett -Dolly- Gann, President of the League, Mrs. Robert Taft, wife of the Ohio Senator and Rep. Karl Mundt of South Dakota, one of the principal speakers. 3-27-39

At Republican women's dinner. Washington, D.C., March 27. The League o...

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Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

12002-41. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Housewives at the seashore waiting for the fishing boats to come in, Frederiksted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands

Housewives at the seashore waiting for the fishing boats to come in, F...

11671-26. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Susan Baptist, a projectionist, shows training films for the troops as well as more popular motion pictures

Susan Baptist, a projectionist, shows training films for the troops as...

U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo. Note on verso: Movie and morale T/5 Susan Baptist, Whitehaven, Tenn., plays an important part in the morale building at Fox Hills. A projectionist, she shows training films for th... More

[Alice ("Judge") Richardson, Natchez, Mississippi, at her daughter's home]

[Alice ("Judge") Richardson, Natchez, Mississippi, at her daughter's h...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. No print found. Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.

Spanish-American women plastering an adobe house, Chamisal, New Mexico

Spanish-American women plastering an adobe house, Chamisal, New Mexico

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Mrs. Ruth Lina, home management supervisor, helping some of the project women can milk. Terrebonne Project, Schriever, Louisiana

Mrs. Ruth Lina, home management supervisor, helping some of the projec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

LEADING FIGURES AT TONIGHT'S JAMBOREE FOR PROMINENT WOMEN BY NEWSPAPERWOMEN. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 9. THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB HAD ITS ANNUAL STUNT PARTY AND DINNER FOR THE WIVES OF PROMINENT NATIONAL FIGURES AND FOR WOMEN PROMINENT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. THE AFFAIR IS FEATURED BY A SKIT WHICH POKES FUN AT THE DOINGS OF WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT HERE, AND THIS TIME LAYS PARTICULAR EMPHASIS UPON THE FUTURE FIRST LADY. L TO R: ROSA PONSELLE, WHO SANG FOR THE GROUP; MRS. THOMAS E. DEWEY; MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; RUBY BLACK, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB; AND GRACIE ALLEN WHO IS, SHE SAYS OVER THE AIR, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

LEADING FIGURES AT TONIGHT'S JAMBOREE FOR PROMINENT WOMEN BY NEWSPAPER...

A group of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of the project women making clothes for her family on her new sewing machine. Terrebonne Project. Schriever, Louisiana

One of the project women making clothes for her family on her new sewi...

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A group of women standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of women standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Inf...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Family in tent from Georgia with neighbor's child, eight or ten men, two women, two children stay here permanently. Men sleep in shifts as construction workers. Women going to take in two neighbors' children whose tent leaks and the deluge of rain has continued for days. Alexandria, Louisiana

Family in tent from Georgia with neighbor's child, eight or ten men, t...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[ Three women dressed as puppets - scene from "On the Riviera"]

[ Three women dressed as puppets - scene from "On the Riviera"]

Production photograph from the film "On the Riviera." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use f... More

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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Meeting of the women's welfare society

Meeting of the women's welfare society

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Spanish-American women waiting to see doctor at the traveling clinic at Chamisal, New Mexico

Spanish-American women waiting to see doctor at the traveling clinic a...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of the town selectmen voting at town meeting. The women who gave him the ballot said, "If you vote yes for liquor, you'd better put your ballot in a box in a different town. We won't let you stay around here long." Woodstock, Vermont

One of the town selectmen voting at town meeting. The women who gave h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman, probably a fashion model, lying on ferns on ground]

[Woman, probably a fashion model, lying on ferns on ground]

On negative sleeve: "Bookboard" [i.e. Book board]. Photograph may be available in LOT 12452. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

South African women's services on duty in the Middle East: A South African W.A.A.F. Sergeant instructor fitting a gas mask to a beginner

South African women's services on duty in the Middle East: A South Afr...

Title from note on item. South African official photograph : No. K 2049. Picture issued April 1942.

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at the Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado. These women are employed in the manufacture of eight-man pyramidial tents to house the expanding defense army in the field

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Three women (including Senator Margaret Chase Smith) and two Boy Scouts with a truck of tin-ware collected for war use. Placed in front of the Capitol building, Washington, D.C.

Three women (including Senator Margaret Chase Smith) and two Boy Scout...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a group of women and children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of women and children. Office of Wa...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Women talk. Street scene at Holyoke, Massachusetts

Women talk. Street scene at Holyoke, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bantam, Connecticut. In the basement of the town firehouse is the bowling alley, revenue from which helps to support the town's volunteer fire companies. Each night is alloted to a specific group, and there are several hot rivalries. Among the women shown here is Mrs. Winfield Peterson whose husband is foreman of the Warren McArthur experimental shop

Bantam, Connecticut. In the basement of the town firehouse is the bowl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Key to this picture is the little spool of silk thread on the machine at right. Instead of using Japanese silk to make women's stockings, this Eastern mill is converting many of its looms (see left) to production of mosquito netting to protect men fighting from insect bites. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Key to this picture is the little spool o...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more womanpower in airplane plants and airports, Mrs. Majorie Landa has enlisted as a member of the repair crew of the Washington National Airport. Daughter of the late Congressman Frank Mandell of Wyoming, Mrs. Landa is shown making repairs on the engine nacelle of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 transport plane. Following her second year at Sweetbriar College, she spent two months at a vocational training school in preparation for her present work

Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more wo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Electrical assemblies for North American bombers and fighters are assembled by women

Electrical assemblies for North American bombers and fighters are asse...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Miles of preformed aluminum alloy tubing are placed on racks in stockrooms ready for assembly in bomber and fighter planes built at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, where women are fast taking over the jobs of the stockmen. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Miles of preformed aluminum...

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Marietta, Ohio. Young women swearing in as a civilian defense worker

Marietta, Ohio. Young women swearing in as a civilian defense worker

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As fuselage center sections for B-25 bombers move down a long overhead conveyer, hundreds of North American women employees assemble the thousands of parts that go into a modern combat plane

As fuselage center sections for B-25 bombers move down a long overhead...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. The metal structure for a rudder on a B-25 bomber is assembled by North American employees in the control surface department at Inglewood, California. The part will next move to the covering department for its fabric cover. Women are fast taking the places of men in this department. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mutchell") bomber used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. The metal structure for a r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Agriculture. Women on farms. The horses, cows, and chickens cared for, Mrs. Harold Sontag of Maple Park, Illinois, starts out for the farmhouse with her blonde, pre-school youngsters. Like many another U.S. farmer's wife, Mrs. Sontag takes an extremely active part in the management of her farm, which will be increasingly short-handed for the duration

Agriculture. Women on farms. The horses, cows, and chickens cared for,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anthony Freda drills the barrels of .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. Many men and women are employed in this plant which produces pistols, machine guns, and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anthony Freda drills the barr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Like any other grandmother, skilled worker Eva Smuda enjoys the "children's hour" each day. And her work at the Frankford Arsenal never leaves her too tired for those games of make-believe with five-year-old Barbara

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Like any other grandmother, skilled worker ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, attaches clips and accessories to a wing section before the parts meets the next assembly. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long B...

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One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25 tank structure

One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Women workers at the Long Beach, California plant of Douglas Aviation Company groom lines of transparent noses for deadly A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and RAF (Royal Air Force) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations; also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns in varying combinations

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Women workers at the Long Beach, Cali...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Using a small rotary air grinder, this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant performs a delicate job on a gear spacer that will see duty in the mechanism of one of America's battleships of the air

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Using a small rotary air gr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Information Photograph

An old photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Information Photogr...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the shade of ....a Navy plane. These women workers held man-size jobs in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Slack suits and coveralls take the place of afternoon frocks for these workers

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the s...

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Women in industry. Gas mask production. Don't let their youth and good looks deceive you, these two young workers are actually full-fledged government inspectors who are employed in a converted Midwest vacuum cleaner plant to test gas masks. Every one of the hundreds of rubber masks that move along the assembly belt each day must be thoroughly tested by young women inspectors who put the masks through many different tests. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Don't let their youth and good...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs at Daytona Beach, Florida, learn how to rescue floats. The float is made of wooden platform supported by inflated barracks tied beneath the platform. Careful swimming enables the rescuers to tow the victim to safety

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs at Daytona Beach, Florida, learn h...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Sign in the hall of a Moravian Sunday school. The Women's Christian Temperance Union is a strong influence in the Moravian Church

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Sign in the hall of a Moravian Sunday school. Th...

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Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Instructor John Wanelik, of the Howe Machinery Company, Passaic, New Jersey, shows Veronica Stephens how to grind a stripping angle on a cartridge drawing die. A number of young women are being trained for war production jobs in this shop

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Instructor John Wanelik, o...

Public domain photograph of New Jersey in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bargains are the keynote at the Hardwick victory store and here are seen some of the women folk who know a bargain when they see one. Because it helps the war effort, it makes the buying just that more keen

Bargains are the keynote at the Hardwick victory store and here are se...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-year-old Annie Tabor as one of their best lathe operators, despite her lack of previous industrial experience. Employed by a large Midwest supercharger plant, this young woman machines parts of aircraft engines. Like many other young Negro girls, she had known only

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-ye...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women assembly workers rivet a gusset to a plane wing rib at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women assembly workers rivet...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their production records in a West Coast airplane factory. Feminine operators of tapping machines in this plant have made 400 more tapping operations in the seven and one half hour swingw shift than men employed on the eight hour day shift. A record in anybody's language

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their p...

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Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, becomes the home for WAVES in training. Here, midshipmen take on heavy schedule to learn the duties of an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Officers on parade. Ensigns march in the regimental review

Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Smith College, Northam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Walter Newman, operator of a high-speed lathe in a large firearms plant, performs an operation on the barrel of a machine gun. Many women workers are also employed in this plant in producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Walter Newman, operator ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbetter adds glamour to the assembly line of a Midwest gas mask factory which formerly made vacuum cleaners. Operating a riveting press, which attaches cloth tabs to the face pieces of gas masks, this young worker is one of the many company employees who switched over from work on vacuums when the plant was converted. Betty likes her new job better than the old one. "It bears a lot more relationship to my American Women's Voluntary Services work," she says. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbette...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers at the Boeing plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Tool production. "X" marks the kind of work being done by these women cutoff machine operators who are processing small machine parts in a Midwest drill and tool plant. Although this work is relatively unskilled, industrial experience was new to most of the women, many of whom had previously been waitresses, schoolteachers, or saleswomen. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. "X" marks the kind of work being ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at army camp "somewhere in the South." In addition to being a prize fighting man, one of Private Smuda's claims to fame is his widowed, fifty-five-year-old mother who works six days a week in the Frankford, Pennsylvania arsenal tapering cartridges for 50mm machine gun shells. Mrs. Smuda is one of that great army of American women who work just as hard for victory as their sons on the front lines

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at ar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). The widowed mother of six grown children, Eva Smuda (right) keeps young with the daughter, son-in-law and grandchild who live with her. The little girl is five-year-old Barbara Bennett, whose father, opposite, works with Mrs. Smuda at the Frankford Arsenal

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). The widowed mother of six grown children, E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation is the only department that had women employees before the war. Here, women sew the covering and control surface parts for bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Women in industry. Gas mask production. She used to wrap bread in a bakery, before Pearl Harbor, but today twenty-one-year-old Eugenia Bireta is a qualified government inspector who tests gas masks for "eye leakage" on this pressure gauge. She's one of many young women employed by a large Midwest vacuum cleaner company now converted to production of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. She used to wrap bread in a ba...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of three men working in a field. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three men working in a field. Office of War...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Arlington, Virginia. The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Captiol transit streetcar and bus operators checking their daily receipts. The women are Frances Lewis and Hattie B. Sheehan

Washington, D.C. Captiol transit streetcar and bus operators checking ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. A new girl arriving at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. A new girl arriving at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Britain, Connecticut. Women workers "checking in" at the Fafnir Bearing Company

New Britain, Connecticut. Women workers "checking in" at the Fafnir Be...

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A couple of men standing next to a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to a train. Office of War Information Ph...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical women workers at Burpee Seed Company

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical women workers at Burpee Seed Compa...

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Beaumont, Texas. Women welders and welding inspector at the Pennsylvania shipyards

Beaumont, Texas. Women welders and welding inspector at the Pennsylvan...

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Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs. Elizabeth Esty pounds hooks into the logs so they can be chained together and pulled up the slip

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a ...

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Simplified sewing methods now being taught to thousandes of American women through stores, pattern companies, and radio show how to assemble a pattern as Cynthia is doing. As they did in the last war, thousands of women are asking for sewing instructions. Streamlined methods make sewing quick and easy. To save fabric and time, size corrections are quickly made on paper before the goods is cut

Simplified sewing methods now being taught to thousandes of American w...

Title and other information from materials accompanying lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collecti... More

San Bernardino, California. Women workers employed at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops coming out at the end of the day's shift

San Bernardino, California. Women workers employed at the Atchison, To...

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Arlington, Virginia. A girl washing her hair in a laundry tub at Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. A girl washing her hair in a laundry tub at Arlin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oswego, New York. United Nations heroes being entertained along with their hosts and hostesses by the women of the Presbyterian church

Oswego, New York. United Nations heroes being entertained along with t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. The main desk in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. The main desk in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Safe clothes for women war workers. The up-swept hairdress, or any modification of it, is the ideal coiffure for war work. It's neat, it's becoming, and above all, it's SAFE. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. The up-swept hairdress, or any mod...

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Arlington, Virginia. Girls in two of the long line of showers at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Girls in two of the long line of showers at Idaho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Britain, Connecticut. Women welders at the Landers, Frary, and Clark plant

New Britain, Connecticut. Women welders at the Landers, Frary, and Cla...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women arc welders in the pipe shop during lunch hour

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women arc welders ...

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Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwest loading plant must be thoroughly cleaned. These women are removing excess paint from the bands that circle the projectiles. Women also stencil firing data on the shells and perform many other essential operations. Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. More privacy is afforded here than in the main lounge

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Helen Joyce, one of the many women now working for the Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Company. She is making her rounds collecting bills

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Helen Joyce, one of the many women now w...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Britain, Connecticut. Women employed at the Landers, Frary and Clark plant. Testing a new anti-aircraft gun. This girl's job is to inspect guns and their mounts

New Britain, Connecticut. Women employed at the Landers, Frary and Cla...

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San Antonio, Texas. The gags about women drivers fall flat at the United States Army quartermaster depot, where 35 young ladies are replacing men drivers and have rolled up an enviable service and safety record. They handle all types of equipment. They are lined up in their regulation uniforms consisting of blue slacks, coat, and overseas cap, white shirt, dark brown or blue socks, and brown oxfords

San Antonio, Texas. The gags about women drivers fall flat at the Unit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. Rear view of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Rear view of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a resid...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Women streetcar and bus operators relaxing between their runs

Washington, D.C. Women streetcar and bus operators relaxing between th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. A satisfied customer in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war. There's always something doing here, never a dull moment

Arlington, Virginia. A satisfied customer in Idaho Hall, Arlington Far...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reciprocal aid. Close cooperation exists between members of the British and U.S. air forces in Britain. Two U.S. sergeants are here shown at work in a coding room with a British WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) section officer

Reciprocal aid. Close cooperation exists between members of the Britis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, Manzanar Relocation Center, California

Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, Manzanar Rel...

Sumiko Shigematsu, standing at left, looking at row of women seated at sewing machines. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on negative sleeve. No original photographic print. Library made print in LOT... More

Women's Home Companion, 250 Park Ave., New York City. Studio shot of kitchen I

Women's Home Companion, 250 Park Ave., New York City. Studio shot of k...

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. Fanny Harra, with the Bach choir for twenty-two years, sings second alto. She is the bursar of the Moravian Seminary for women

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. Fanny Harra, with the Bach cho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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